Households’ Role in Community-Driven Infrastructure Development: A Case Study of Ondo State, Nigeria | Chapter 7 | New Advances in Business, Management and Economics Vol. 2

Community-Driven Development (CDD) treats the people and their institutions as partners and assets in the community development process while inefficiency or lacking Infrastructure impedes the growth of economic and social-related ventures in communities. This paper explores the contribution of residents/households to communal efforts in the provision and maintenance of community infrastructure in Ondo State, Nigeria. This includes investigation into project identification, financial contribution, approaches to community development, effects of households’ action and quality of support among others. With a survey approach, three hundred and seventy (370) households were selected across the state in a multistage sampling process to administer a well-structured open and close-ended questionnaire; using residential buildings as sampling units. Six (6) urban and rural settlements were targeted for the data gathering across the three (3) senatorial districts of the state. Major findings established a high involvement in project identification and availability as labourers for general infrastructure provision. Dominant infrastructure support was in connection with electricity provision, road maintenance and water provision (in the form of boreholes and wells). Financial constraints limited road “engagement” due to the high cost of macadam surfacing. As part of the recommendations, transparency and accountability by community organisations are proposed to further encourage financial donations by residents. Also, International Organisations are encouraged to focus more on road construction in rural communities and poorly accessed areas of urban centres to make up for residents’ inability to fund such projects.

 

Author (s) Details

 

J.A.B. Olujimi
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

A.A. Emmanuel
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

O.O. Simon-Oke
Department of Economics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

F.C. Arowosafe
Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

O.O. Popoola
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

T. Akinbode
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.

 

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Studies on the Ecological Factors of Schistosoma Intermediate Host in Relation to the Transmission of Urinary Schistosomiasis in Owena Reservoir Area | Chapter 14 | Challenges in Disease and Health Research Vol. 2

 

Aims: To evaluate the studies on the ecological factors of schistosoma intermediate host in relation to
the transmission of urinary schistosomiasis in owena reservoir area, Ondo State, South West, Nigeria
Study Design: Laboratory work, field trips, questionnaire were used to collect data for the study.
Place and Duration of Study: Owena reservoir area, Ondo State, South West Nigeria, twenty-four
(August 2013 – July 2015)
Methodology: During the twenty-four (August 2013 – July 2015) study eight stations (sites) of diverse
ecological characteristics were selected along the Owena Reservoir and monitored for snails species
diversity, distribution and infection patterns, physic-chemical properties of H2O and macrophyte types
and coverage in relation to the transmission of urinary schistosomiasis.
Results: The results of the study showed that all the snail species correlated positively with alkalinity
conductive, negatively with air temperature. Bulinus globosus was very highly correlated positively
(P<0.05) with Ludwiga erecta, Ludwiga decurrens, Commelina afircna and Berberis calamus but
correlated significantly negatively (p<0.001) with panicum maximus, Ervatomia hirta, Bulinus
truncatus was very highly correlated positively (p<0.005) with Aspillia Africana, Lugwiga decurrens,
Emilia occinina, Crosus sativue but correlated significantly negatively (p<0.001) with Ludwiga erecta,
Panicum maximus and Commelina Africana. Out of the eight sites studied, site 4 in Kajola community
had the highest 53(8.5%) infection rate that is out of the 624 Bulinus globosus collected from this site
4, only 53 were infected, while Embankment/Dam (site 8) had the least 2 (0.6%) of 317 collected.
However, the overall infection rate among Bulinus globosus, the intermediate snail host species for
Schistosoma haematobium was 136 (3.2%) out of 4258 collected. From the above findings, site 4 in
Kajola community is the major transmission site in the study area.

Author (s) Details

Dr. B. J. Peletu
Department of Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences (CAHS), Legacy University, The Gambia.

Associate Professor L. T. Abdulsalami
Department of Library and Information Science, College of Education and Social Sciences, Legacy University, The Gambia.

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